Still alive and having fun in Aracaju (the Kentucky of) Brasil. Here are some pics of minha novia. We will be getting married in a court first (in about 2 -4 weeks depending which window of opportunity with the court opens first), because I am an ¨estrangerio¨ or foriegner. Then we have our big wedding in a very beautiful town called Simao Dias. It is a small farming community, and has this perfect church which is absolutely wonderful to host a wedding.
She has a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge family. Here: Think of a stereotypical Latin American family with so many members you can´t even count them....and then multiply this effect in your imagination 100 times over. Crimeny....big! BIG! Very welcoming though. It could of gone wrong, because I live in a very conservative state in Brasil. Here in the State of Sergipe, people are not so receptive as to a daughter of the community marrying an outsider. But, things went pretty smoothly and all is well (knock on wood) with the community and family.
One of the happiest things about this is: a wedding IN A CHURCH!!! Yah, complete with christian paintings and crucifixes...and and...statues of Mary and all the Saints...a bride in a flowing white dress and people singing those hyms and stuff..the whoooole shaaaabang! My God! Finally a sense of normality in life! And I don´t have to pussy foot around family members who give that look of disgust or superior non-acceptance because I am doing it the way I want to! Finally.
So here we are:
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